Two-wheeled vehicle



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TWO WHEELED VEHICLE.

No. 361,941. Patented Apr. 26, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J. THEODORE GURNEY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,941, dated April 26, 1887.

' Application filed September-23, i882. Renewed June .38, 1886. Serial No. 206,584. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J. THEODORE GURNEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriages, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a two-wheeled vehicle embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a front view of a cab with non-adj ust-able shafts. Fig. 4' is a transverse vertical section through the body of the vehicle on the line 3 y, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a perspective of the frame-work of the vehicle detached. Fig. 6 is a perspective of the running-gear detached. Fig. 7 is a top Fig. 8 is a section across the shaft on the line x 00 Fig. 1. Fig. 9 is a top plan view of the seats. Fig. 10 shows a flexible connection between the shafts and the body, made by means of a pivot or hinge.

, Fig. 11 shows the removable blinds combined B, at the rear.

The body is formed with a f rame-work provided with panels inclosin g the front and sides of the box or lower part of the body. To adapt the body to be uncovered, I construct the frame-work of the box of parts which do not extend above the side paneling. The boxpaneling is formed with uprights K K, bottom connecting-bars, K, and sills K these being so shaped and arranged as to form a box with a wider portion to receive the seats and a narrower portion at the bottom.

I I represent the side panels of the wider part of the box by the sides of the wheels.

I is the front panel, I I the rear panels,

other application, Serial No. 132,922, pending herewith.

The passengers seats are situated transversely to the axle, as shown in Figs. 4 and 9, and they may be of any of the forms now well known, though I prefer to have each made with a broader portion, Q, and with a narrower, q, for the convenience of passengers.

M M represent the doors for closing the rear entrance, being hinged at m. They extend from the step up to the top of the box, and are so arranged that a tasty appearance shall be preserved when the box is uncovered.

The top part of the cab can be either made rigid with the box part,as in Fig. 1 and others, or can be so constructed and arranged that the box can, as aforesaid, be uncovered in pleasant weather. The cover-frame has supporting-bars L L N and top cross-bars, L". Vhen it is intended to have the box of the vehicle adapted to be uncovered, the frame is provided with dowels i (see Fig. 4) and setscrews or other suitable devices for fastening it in position. (Not shown.)

In Fig. 5 the cover-frame has, for supporting the roof, inwardly-converging ribs L united by a central supporting-piece, L; but the roof part can be of the ordinary style, if desired. as shown in Fig. 11.

With the cabs I combine removable blinds or eaves. They are indicated generally by R It, each being preferably made in two sections, each section having a side part, 1', a front part, r, and a rear part, r. are brackets for detachably securing them to the cover-frame, they being adapted to be fastened by screws and pins, the latter, as shown, extending up into apertures in the crosspieces L". These blinds or eaves may be made of any suitable material-as,forinstance,blindslats, overlapping each other, or of thin boards-and they may be applied to cab-tops of the ordinary style, as shown in Fig. 11. i

R R represent flexible curtains or covers at the sides of the cover-frame, which can be used to protect the passenger-box. They are shown as supported on rollers, and are preferably mounted on the blinds R; but covers or curtains can be otherwise mounted and used for the same purpose. To more tightly inclose the box the top is adapted to carry sashes or panels, the cover-frame being constructed to receive the sashes or panels in rabbets.

G represent the shafts. They are flexibly and adj ustably connected with the vehicle; but I do not herein claim any of the features incident to this part of the structure, reserving the right to claim the same in other applications pending herewith, they being SerialNos. 132,922 and 132,923. The shafts are joined by a cross-bar, F having a whiffletree, F, and a loop or clevis, f. The latter is connected to the drivers support by a strap,f running from an eye at f to an eye, F to prevent too great play of the body or shafts.

'H H are the steps, and H H H the supports thereof bolted to the shafts.

F is a spring connected to the shafts and interposed between them and the vehicle. The shafts are adjusted by screw-rods F carrying cranks'l the rods being in bearings G G and engaging with. eyes F,connected with the said spring F. In addition to these parts the shafts are provided with flexible connecting devices, either a spring, as at E, or hinges, as at E The hinges may be made in any suitable way, that shown having ears 6 and a pivot-bolt for the shaft. The springs E are secured by the part 6 inserted into the cab-body and secured to the frame. The hinges may be fastened by parts similar to those at e", or in any of the now well-known ways. I11 either case the shaftconnections are arranged in or near the horizontal planes of the passengers seats-that is to say, in the horizontal planes of the greatest weight in the interior when the cab is loaded in order to apply the draft to the best advantage.

0 represents a signal-bell with a rod, 0, and handle 0.

K is a board back of the driver, carrying, if desired, a mirror, 0. a

The drivers support comprises the seat D and the foot-rest D supported on the metallic brackets D D D D", extending out from' the body to carry said parts; but these need not be herein described in detail, they being fully described in another application, Serial N 0. 132,923, pending herewith; nor do I herein claim any of the combinations set forth in the claims in either of the aforesaid other applications Serial Nos. 132,922 and 132,923, norv the combinations claimed in my application Serial No. 57,054, on which patent No. 272,238 has been granted to me, limiting this case to the claims set forth below.

\Vhat I claim is 1. In a cab, the combination, with the frame which supports the roof or cover, of removable laterally-extending blinds or eaves, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a cab, the combination, with the upright bars at the sides, of the roof-supporting ribs extendingupward andinward and joined at the center by a support independent of each of the ribs, substantially as set forth.

3. In a two-wheeled cab, the combination of the body having a rear doorway, the seats transverse to the axle, the closed side and front panels, the interior box-frame terminating at or near the tops of the side panels, and a cover detachably supported upon the body-frame, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

J. THEODORE GURNEY. \Vitnesses:

HENRY H. PAGE,

CHARLES XV. GAULT. 

